Officer facing further charges

Victim has died

11:38 PM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Written by

George Mast
| Courier-Post Staff

A Deptford police officer was charged with murder Friday after a man he allegedly shot in the face last weekend died from his injuries.

The charges against 29-year-old Officer James Stuart were upgraded after David Compton of Woodbury was removed from life support and subsequently died around 1 a.m., according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Compton, 27, had been in critical condition at Cooper University Hospital since the shooting last Saturday at Stuart's home.

Bail for Stuart, who was suspended following the shooting, was set at $500,000 Friday and later reduced to ...